CHICAGO -- The University of Chicago women's basketball team spent 10 days touring Argentina and Chile from Sept. 4-13.

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CHICAGO -- The University of Chicago men's basketball team spent 10 days touring Argentina and Chile from Sept. 4-13.

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CHICAGO -- The University of Chicago softball completed its second international tour, a three-nation trek in Europe from June 14-24. The Maroons visited Holland, Belgium, and Germany during the 11-day tour, the program's second in five years.

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CHICAGO -- The University of Chicago announced today the seventh induction class of the University's Athletics Hall of Fame. The eight honorees will be formally inducted on Friday evening, Oct. 23, 2009, as part of Chicago's Homecoming Celebration.

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MARIETTA, Ohio -- University of Chicago junior Claire Ray (Park Ridge, Ill./ St. Ignatius) (pictured) earned her third All-America award of the weekend on the third and final day of the 2009 NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championship. Ray finished fourth in the shot put competition with a 13.94-meter distance. Sophomore Stephanie Omueti (Chicago, Ill./ Whitney Young) joined Ray as an All-American after finishing eighth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.39 seconds.

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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- The University of Chicago captured fourth place at the 2009 NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championship after dropping a 5-1 decision to Emory University in the third-place match Thursday at the Collins Hill Tennis Club.

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- University of Chicago junior Nicole Murphy (Coppell, Texas/ Coppell) turned in an All-America performance on the second and final day of the 2009 NCAA Division III Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship Saturday at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Murphy placed seventh in the shot put competition with a distance of 13.68 meters.

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CLEVELAND -- Led by five conference champions, the University of Chicago wrestling team won the 2009 University Athletic Association Championship Saturday at Case Western Reserve University. Chicago defeated New York University 21-13 and host Case 37-10 in dual match competition to claim the school's 13th UAA title since the league's inaugural event in 1988.

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CHICAGO -- During this year's winter break, the University of Chicago men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams will travel to San Jose, Costa Rica, to train and compete in the warmth of Central America.  While there, the team plans to send a daily blog of the trip written by first-year students, Lelia Glass and Zach Lain.

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Freshman goalkeeper Emma Gormley (Carmel, Ind./ Carmel) made one save and scored the deciding goal in the penalty kick shootout as the University of Chicago women's soccer team advanced past Calvin College in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament.

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MOBILE, Ala. -- University of Chicago freshman women's tennis player Jennifer Kung (Sunnyvale, Calif./ Homestead) captured the singles title at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Small College Championship held Thursday through Saturday at the Copleland-Cox Tennnis Center.

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